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Postal Worker Finds Suspicious Powder In Letters TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A postal worker found white powder in about 20 letters addressed to politicians around the country early Tuesday, leading firefighters to seal off part of the city's main post office. The Tallahassee Fire Department said the powder was being tested by the Leon County Health Department to see if the powder was anthrax or another hazardous material was placed in the letters, which were addressed to members of Congress. Test results weren't expected for two or three days, officials said. Postal workers immediately secured the area after discovering the powder...

Envelopes with white powder determined to be hoaxes, officials said By Dave Birkland Seattle Times staff reporter Envelopes containing white powder, some containing anti-war messages, were found at six locations in West Seattle this morning, and all were quickly determined to be hoaxes, officials said. At mid-morning, no one had taken responsibility, nor were there any suspects, according to Seattle police, whose bomb squad responded to the sites. All six appeared to be linked. The white powder on each was determined to be wheat flour, according to Helen Fitzpatrick. It started about 7 a.m., when an employee at the West...

White powder scare in at South Bend office (New Twist On The Powder-By-Mail Game) The letter, containing a packet of Tylenol tablets, was crushed during mailing Posted: 05/16/2003 04:38 pm A South Bend office building was shutdown for awhile Friday morning after a powdery substance was found in a letter. Police turned people away from the building and firefighters didn't know what they had after responding to the call from Healthcare Resources located on South St. Louis Street. An employee opened a letter and a white powder substance flew out. Two women who were exposed to the powder became worried...

White Powder found in envelope in Senator Saxby Chambliss Office. Cobb County Georgia. HAZMAT is on scene. Per AM640 in Atlanta.

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(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) -- City health department officials were investigating on Tuesday a "white powdery substance" that spilled out of an envelope inside the Manhattan offices of ESPN, police said. The substance was mailed to an ESPN employee along with a letter that "was highly critical of a promotional print ad," the company said in a statement. The woman who opened the envelope on Monday afternoon was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where she was treated and released, said Officer George Jensen, a police spokesman. Her name was not released, and she did not appear to be ill. ESPN officials...

50 evacuated after powder find 25nov02 ABOUT 50 people were evacuated from a Commonwealth Government office in Brisbane today after a suspicious powder was found. A Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said two people who came in contact with the powder suffered irritation to their arms. He said the black powder was discovered in 10th floor offices of the Family Services Department in Ann Street. "It was black powder that was leaking out of a small envelope," the spokesman said. "The two people who came in contact with the powder suffered slight irritation to their arms, but they washed...

Gore's White Powder Report Called a Hoax (CNSNews.com) - A report of a mysterious white substance falling from an envelope at former Vice President Al Gore's office in Nashville is now said to have been a hoax. The staff was evacuated. A stamp reportedly on the envelope said "not inspected by the Corrections Department." Officials have not yet determined what the package contained. A state laboratory was to test the envelope's contents for anthrax or other harmful substances. Gore's office manager, Mary Patterson, opened the small package at approximately 1 p.m. EDT. Gore's offices in the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel...